1. Competitiveness and. Innovation Programme
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme University of the West of England December 2006

2. Competitiveness and Innovation
Overview
Aim is to become one of the main community measures in securing economic growth and creating more jobs How? by closing gap between research and innovation and promoting all forms of innovation
How much? €3.62 blln [Commission proposal €4.21 blln]
What does it look like?:
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme
The ICT Policy Support Programme
The Intelligent Energy Europe Programme
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3. Competitiveness and Innovation
Main steps
6 April 2005
Commission proposal
13 March 2006
Competitiveness Council adopts
partial general approach
16 May 2006
Parliament first reading
29 May 2006
Council debate
1 June 2006
Parliament adopts proposal
October 2006
Competitiveness Council adopted CIP
Work Programmes - Prepare and Adopt
2008+
CIP Executive Agency
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4. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP)
Largest part of the programme worth €2.16 blln sub-divided into:
High Growth and Innovative SME facility
Networks in Support of Business and Innovation
Innovation Activities
Eco-inovation Activities
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Culture and Policy Development
Venutre capital provided through European Investment Fund (EIF)
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5. The ICT Policy Support Programme
Objective is to - help develop a sustainable, competitive and innovative information society in Europe
Programme worth €728 mlln
Will fund projects and actions that:
Help to develop a single European information space
Stimulate innovation through the wider adoption of and investment in SMEs
Develop an inclusive European information society
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6. The Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)
Sub-programme worth €727 mlln
Its objective is to - promote energy efficiency and new and renewable energy sources in all sectors
IEE to comprise 3 fields of action:
Energy efficiency and rational use of resources (SAVE)
New and renewable resources (ALTENER)
Energy in transport (STEER)
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7. Competitiveness and Innovation
Complementarities
FP7
CIP
Funding of projects
Research, technological development and dissemination
Take-up of proven technologies: environmental, ICT and Energy efficiency
SMEs participation in Research
Simplification
Definition of thematic content
Specific schemes for SMEs
Actions promoting SMEs participation in FP7
Access to finance
Risk-sharing finance facility for larger European RTD projects and infrastructures
Risk capital (start-up and expansion)
SMEs guarantee facility
SMEs loan finance securitisation
Dissemination of knowledge
Within projects
In thematic areas
Networks providing innovation support services
Regions
Research driven clusters
Innovation clusters
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8. Opportunities for Universities
As ‘spin-off’ companies
To develop research for market for FP-funded products and services
Through INNOVA and PRO INNO platforms
Through knowledge transfer products
In CIP tenders, including specific policy related studies
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9. Further information DG Enterprise
CIP web pages
Intelligent Energy web pages
European Investment Bank

10. Competitiveness and. Innovation Programme
Competitiveness and Innovation Programme University of the West of England December 2006